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I saw a programme on tv some time ago where they put bones in a solution of biological washing liquid in an oven at aroung 60c for a couple of days - the bones came out stripped clean and ready for use, something to do with the enzymes in the washing liquid. I haven't tried it myself so no idea...

Wooden sewing machines! Those guys were cut from a different cloth:lmao: :lmao: sorry:o

Thanks for the info Bracho, and wow - the kuksa looks great:cool:

thanks guys Seems the kitchen knife wont do then? I was thinking of investing in some decent carving tools eventually. I have made myself a spoon knife out of an old file and I'm off to the woods this weekend for suitable wood, Watch this space.....

Thanks Shewie - I did the bloke thing again - asking before reading it for myself :rolleyes:

Hiya I've had a couple of goes at making kuksas without much success. I've used the traditional 'bloke' approach - seen a picture of one, thought 'I can do that' and had a go with the kitchen knife and a lump of wood off the wood pile. Stage two is to ask people who know how, so any tips...

don't forget the 'plus one', that is 1 leader per 6 Beavers, plus 1. So 6 Beavers is a minimun of 2 leaders, 12 is a minimum of 3 leaders and so on. Sorry to be pedantic.... i joined as a Cub Leader 16 years ago - the best thing I ever did, the guy who hooked me said it was only an hour a...

I take children camping a lot and have been trying, without sucess, to think of a useful example. It got me thinking tho. Some of these unnessessary actions may be derived from ritual. Imagine an ancient hunter who rubs his ear before taking a shot, and gets his prey. He then assumes that...

thanks for that Chas - problem solved. :D

Yes, I could have but It would have meant another pole to carry. Also, I was tucked away in a corner, so no passers by. My mate and I were looking at a few designs for the set up, using just two poles etc, one had all guys pulling inwards, but we had no spare time to try rigging them. Next...

ha ha, got it! thanks for that :)

Thanks - the rope is under a lot of tension and guyed out using three pegs in a line (see inset in the second pic). When i rigged it, i had the poles at more of an angle, then pushed the bottoms out to make them almost verticle and the rope became a lot tighter. It took my weight easily (i'm...

do you see pictures? all i see is two red crosses - i have to click them to see the pictures

Hi I can't find any instructions on how to put pics or photos into new threads on the forum. Am i being dense? I have registered with image shack and tried to paste the url link into the thread but all i get is a little red cross. (you can click it to open the pic). I'm new to all this forum...

should see the state of mine!:)